Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, October 3 urged energy officials to implement game-changing reforms to reduce energy costs and alleviate the burden of electricity consumers. For one, Hontiveros said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and other private distribution...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 14 said the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should look into the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) account books and check whether it is correct to impose only a three percent franchise tax from the...
There's a need to quantify in hard numbers the cost and benefit of the proposed economic Charter change (Cha-cha) in the House of Representatives. House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Contributed photo) Thus, said House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has vowed to implement measures that will lessen the cost of electricity in the country, which is described as one of the most expensive in Asia. One of the measures being eyed is the continuity of lifeline rate subsidy as among the programs that is seen as an...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—The Philippines wants to establish at least one million units of low-cost housing every year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday. While it is "ambitious," Marcos said the government "will try very, very hard" to make it happen. At the sidelines of the...
Senators are seeking an investigation into the alleged poor service and high power cost exacted on consumers by electric cooperatives in Mindanao and other parts of the country. They also agreed that it is high time to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001, including the...
Providing an official residence for vice presidents will save the government rental costs in the long run, Vice President Sara Duterte’s spokesman said on Thursday, Aug. 4. Vice Presidential Spokesman Reynold Munsayac speaks during a press conference in Pasig City on Thursday, August 4, 2022....
Over P100 million in taxpayer's money. The newly-renovated House plenary hall (Facebook) That's roughly how much the House of Representatives has spent in renovating Batasang Pambansa Complex ahead of the 19th Congress, which will begin in earnest on Monday, July 25. That day, on that venue,...
A total of 617,806 qualified recipients will receive fuel cash subsidies under the "Pantawid Pasada Program for Tricycle Drivers” to ease their financial woes amid the rising cost of petroleum products since late last year, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The preaching of the Kingdom of God did not die with Jesus on the cross. Inspired and empowered by the risen Christ, it was continued by the Twelve apostles and other ministers of the Word. The followers of Jesus started as a small band of Jews in Jerusalem, but later expanded to...
The presidential campaign of former senator-turned-President-elect Bongbong Marcos cost P272 million. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared in a statement by Marcos's political party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), on Monday morning, June 6. The...
If he would have his way, presidential candidate and UniTeam member Bongbong Marcos would regulate online cockfighting or "e-sabong" in a way that it would become less frequent and inaccessible to children. (Photos from Lakas-CMD, putakputak.com) Marcos was asked during his participation in Go...
